a whole lifetime
how many years do justlies serve
10 years
78 years
justice
the current chief justice of the Illinois supreme court is Thomas R. Fitzgerald.
Supreme Court Justice
The Supreme Court of Illinois
No, not at the same time. A US Supreme Court justice can serve in the Senate if he (or she) resigns from the Supreme Court, runs for office, and is elected. A US Senator can become a justice on the US Supreme Court if he (or she) resigns from the Senate (or has already resigned or been voted out of office) and is subsequently appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.
the chief justice of the supreme court
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
A justice of the Supreme Court issues the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day.
The proper title is Chief Justice of the United States; however, most people refer to the office as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court because he (or she) presides over the Supreme Court of the United States (often called US Supreme Court).
No one within the federal judiciary has authority to remove a Supreme Court justice from office. The Constitution vested Congress with the power of impeachment, which is the only way a Supreme Court justice may be forcibly removed. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the Court in August 2009
chief justicethe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court